Last week, a friend (who lives several hundred miles away) posted a link to the A Frock By Friday challenge and asked if anyone wanted to participate with her. Not having sewn anything in MONTHS, I thought, "Why not?"
Well, the free Burda pattern that she's using doesn't go up to my size - yet - so rather than making myself nuts re-grading the pattern, I chose another I already had in my pattern stash. It's a few years old, but I've never gotten around to making it.
With the help of my dear Brew Guy, I got my sewing room back into shape last night and this morning I was ready to go! As soon as Xena cashed out for her afternoon nap, I got cutting... and immediately remembered why I don't sew much for myself. Cutting out a size 20 circle skirt required me on all fours - smoothing, pinning and cutting on my sewing room floor. Awesome. Because my knees don't hate me enough these days. Thankfully, the "floor work" is done and tomorrow I get to do my favorite part, the sewing! Fitting is almost as bad as, and often worse than, the cutting. I've vowed never to sew another stitch MANY times whilst trying to get something to fit me properly. Oh well. I'll burn that bridge when I come to it. Maybe, with the help of my snifty new, and SMALLER (thank you), dress form it won't be so bad this time around.
Hope springs eternal.
3 comments:
That dress is SWEET! I can't wait to see it on your new svelte self.
OMG, that's a beautiful pattern! I wish I could sew this week - last week of school before finals, though, so soon, for sure!
I love that pattern. I think Ive seen it before. Id love to have a copy of it some day! Its so pretty! Can't wait to see the finished product!
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